throng

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++throng1 /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [countable] written  CROWDa large group of people in one place 一大群人；人群 SYN crowd She got lost in the throng. 她在人群中迷路了。throng of a throng of excited spectators 一大群兴奋的观众

Examples from the Corpus

throng• a throng of reporters• On December 22, Don Nicolas Bravo arrived, to be received by a great throng of people.• Dressed in town clothes and wraparound shades, they stand out from the throng of tribal dress and ochre bodies.• Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.• A glimpse of a tall black-haired man on the edge of the throng sent sudden excitement sky-rocketing.• This led her to stare straight towards Rupert Green and his companion who still waited on the outskirts of the throng.• Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on.• They passed into West Chepe where the throng was greatest.• Animals and carts moved along the dusty road with the throng of refugees.• The throng greeted Sutter with cheers and applause.• She remembered the tea-time throng before the war, when she was ten and working illegally in the Biscuit Factory near Bridgeton.throng of• a throng of reportersthrong2 verb  1  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]CROWD if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers 〔人群〕蜂拥而至，群集，挤满〔某地〕 Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants. 游客挤满了酒吧和餐馆。2  be thronged with somebody/something BUSY PLACEif a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there 〔某地〕被某人/某物挤满 The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers. 街道上挤满了圣诞购物者。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

throng• Tens of thousands of fans thronged St Peter's Square to glimpse the pair.• In any event, hundreds upon thousands thronged the city.• Student protesters thronged the plaza outside the administration building.• They throng the streets and mini-timbered buildings of Gumnutland in their hundreds.• People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.• At last they reached the village and joined the rest of the crowd as they thronged towards the green in front of the parish church.• The streets were thronged with eager men and women rushing here and there as incidents called them.• Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.Origin throng1 Old English thrang, gethrang

throng1 nounthrong2 verbChinese  

group a of Corpus large in place people one

throng

I

throng¹ /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [countable] writtena large group of people in one place
   SYN  crowd:
    She got lost in the throng.
    throng of
    a throng of excited spectators
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ crowd a large number of people together in one place: The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors.
   ▪ mob a crowd of noisy and violent people who are difficult to control: The mob set fire to cars and buildings.
   ▪ mass a very large crowd which is not moving and which is very difficult to move through: the mass of people in the station
   ▪ horde a large crowd of people, especially people who are behaving in a way that you disapprove of or that annoys you: the hordes of tourists on the island
   ▪ droves [plural] a crowd of people – used especially when you are talking about a crowd of people who move from one place to another: The public came in droves to see the event.
   ▪ throng literary a very large crowd: A great throng had gathered to listen to his speech.
   ▪ flock a large group of people of the same type, especially when they have a leader: A flock of children were being shown through the museum.
   ▪ pack a group of people of the same type, especially a group you do not approve of: A pack of reporters shouted questions.
   ▪ swarm a large crowd of people who are moving quickly in many directions in a very uncontrolled way: a swarm of children in the playground
   ▪ crush a crowd of people who are pressed close together: There was such a crush on the Metro this morning.
   ▪ multitude formal literary a very large number of people, especially ordinary people: The Emperor came out to speak to the multitude.
    ⇨ group

II

throng² verb
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers:
    Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants.
2. be thronged with somebody/something if a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there:
    The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers.